Chefwong
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OT, but curious....
For commercial buildings or even resi. buildings, are some DWV systems design/incorporated with systems in place that at whatever interval, it will flush out the lines at certain locations ?
I was a at relatives place for the holidays.
She's on the lower level of s 5-8 story building.
She has the main floor and the lower level. Long story short, one of the primary DWV systems corroded (most likely due to use of chemical cleaners ) from X, Y and Z and long term pooling, etc in this.
What a mess. Apparently the flooring on the lower level buckled, and upon examination, they found the corroded pope and the surrounding mess.
Just curious if building DWV has preventative measures in place to mitigate the possibility of caustic chemicals in their pipe systems causing similar issues as described above. Obviously this would only be of a ~modern~ build, as old buildings probably did not have the foresight to incorporate as such.
For commercial buildings or even resi. buildings, are some DWV systems design/incorporated with systems in place that at whatever interval, it will flush out the lines at certain locations ?
I was a at relatives place for the holidays.
She's on the lower level of s 5-8 story building.
She has the main floor and the lower level. Long story short, one of the primary DWV systems corroded (most likely due to use of chemical cleaners ) from X, Y and Z and long term pooling, etc in this.
What a mess. Apparently the flooring on the lower level buckled, and upon examination, they found the corroded pope and the surrounding mess.
Just curious if building DWV has preventative measures in place to mitigate the possibility of caustic chemicals in their pipe systems causing similar issues as described above. Obviously this would only be of a ~modern~ build, as old buildings probably did not have the foresight to incorporate as such.